Black history - AAIHS - Page 15

Police Violence Against Black WWII Veterans

November 9, 2023October 30, 2023 Candace Cunningham Black Veterans, police violence, racism, World War II

Black Americans signed up in record numbers to serve their country during World War II. They did so despite a

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Uma História Ambiental Negra das Palmeiras

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 Jayson Maurice Porter translated by Manoel Rendeiro Neto #BlackFamilyTree, Brazil, Columbia, Environmental History, Latin America

Leia a tradução em inglês deste ensaio aqui. [Uma breve leitura da palma da mão com Landscapes of Freedom por

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A Black Environmental History of Palms

November 7, 2023November 9, 2023 Jayson Maurice Porter #BlackFamilyTree, Brazil, Columbia, Environmental History, Latin America

Read this essay’s Portuguese translation here. [A brief palm reading of Landscapes of Freedom by Claudia Leal (2018), Raspando Coco

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Black Los Angeles Contributes to the Freedom Rides

November 6, 2023November 1, 2023 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. Activism, Civil Rights Movement, racism, Resistance

In the summer of 1961, Black people from Los Angeles and their allies volunteered to travel south and take part

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John Potts and Radical Student Activism

November 1, 2023October 24, 2023 Candace Cunningham black intellectual history, education, HBCU history, Higher education, Resistance, teaching

Black educator Dr. John Foster Potts may be a largely unknown figure today, but in Jim Crow-era South Carolina he

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